chasten /ˈtʃeɪsən/ ( chastening, chastened, chastens )

• 1. 

  V-T If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly. 使后悔 [正式] [usu passive]

  例：

  He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention.

  他显然没有因十三天的拘留而悔过。

  例：

  A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.

  悔过的阿加莎西飞回家进行一段时间的深思。

• 2. 

  chastened ADJ

  例：

  The president now seems a more chastened and less confident politician than when he set out a week ago.

  总统现在看起来是一个比一星期前刚就任时更多历练、更少自信的政客了。